I've been preaching sermons lately. The thing is, if you're going to preach, you'd better get it right or you run the risk of leading people to the wrong conclusions. My last little sermon, "A Crooked Tree", was very much law-oriented. I realized this in retrospect. Not many people see our Gizzardgrit blog, (in fact, as you can see, the pews are empty), but if you did read it, be sure to re-read. Law without the gospel is devastating. Go ahead. Ask me why.
Rococo
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The law is like a mirror, a very good mirror that shows us all our faults, every little zit and wrinkle, so to speak. It is also a guide. It tells us how we should live. Unfortunately we do not live up to it. We see our wretchedness, our need for forgiveness, but if we do not hear the gospel we cannot receive the grace that we need so much.
if we do not hear the gospel, we also are given no hope, for the gospel is hope. the gospel is also freedom, liberation from the law. fulfilled by christ.
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